Rivermen deal Schiller, settle on protected players list

PEORIA -- The Peoria Rivermen sent defenseman Joe Schiller to Knoxville on Friday as the future considerations to complete a trade made late last summer.

Knoxville had the right to choose one player from a list of 10 Rivermen that included defensemen Schiller, Jarrett Rush, Adam Feniak, Ben Oskroba and forwards Adam Hartley, Matt Viola, Dean Yakura, Steve Morra, Chris Greene and Kyle Watson.

They settled on Schiller, who notched 1 goal, and 28 assists in 45 games for Peoria. Schiller is believed likely to retire. Fernandez was an elite winger who opened the season with 5 goals in 12 games. But he was called-up by ECHL Wheeling and never returned.

LUCKY 13: The Rivermen declared their 13-man protected player rights list on Friday.

Players on the list can not be signed by another SPHL team. Peoria's list included: